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THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, May 24, 2012

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New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery — Where Valor Rests — the day’s ceremonies. “We usually get around 500-600, but since it is held on a working weekday this year we expect a lower number,” said Mike Horne, who has been Director of the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery since October 2008.

Every year a different military group will run the ceremonies. This year they will be run by the Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States Department of New Hampshire. The guest speaker for the day will be Brigadier General Select, Pe-

ter Corey, of the New Hampshire Army National Guard. “One of the highlights of the ceremony will the flyover of a KC-135R refueling tanker,” said Horne. “It will fly out of Pease and be commandeered by the 157th Air Refueling Wing See veterans on 8

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The New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen, is the state’s only veterans cemetery. They are holding their Memorial Day ceremony on Wednesday, May 30th at 11am and all are invited to attend and tour the grounds.

Founding member of the Boston-based J. Geils Band, Danny Klein and his band Full House will be at The Flying Monkey Performance Center in Plymouth on Friday, May 25th. Klein anchored the R&B-drenched sound that sold millions of albums and became one of the first acts to savor the sweet success of radio rockers who found a home on MTV. Today, Klein leads his own tribute to the music of the J. Geils Band. Tickets for Danny Klein’s Full House are $18, and $24 for premium seats. For tickets and more information on concerts and the Flying Monkey Performance Center, visit www.flyingmonkeynh.com or call 603-536-2551.

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Frisbee Memorial Hospital, Rochester. 6-8pm. Board certified dermatologists and clinicians, from Dermatology and Skin Health will provide the free cancer screenings. Registration is required as space is limited. 332-3100 ext. 4120, leave your name, phone number and the preferred time to be screened.

Men’s Grief Discussion Group

Hospice House, Concord. 9-10am. Drop-in grief discussion groups are designed to help men after a significant loss. 224-4096 ext. 2828

7th Annual Antique Car Show & Family BBQ

Gilford Community Church’s new campus, 19 Potter Hill Road, Gilford. 5pm. Cars must be registered and insured to participate. $10 pp. 5246057

Historical Logging Program

School House Museum, Center Harbor. 7pm. Presented by Dick Fortin and the Center Harbor Historical Society. 279-1236

Legal and Financial Planning in Eldercare

Mineral Springs Care & Rehab Center, North Conway. Free. Registration is required. 473-2510

Story Telling Dinner Program

The Corner House Inn, Center Sandwich. 6:30pm. Featuring Bonnie Marshall. $19.95 per person. 2846219 Friday 25th

Saturday 26th Free Military Admission Weekend Begins

Full House – J.Geils Tribute

Flying Monkey, Plymouth. 536-2551 or www.flyingmonkeyNH.com

Children’s Museum of NH, Dover. Through Monday, show a Military I.D and you and your immediate family visit the museum free of charge. 7422002

Huggins Hospital Aid Sale

Huggins Hospital Aid Sale

Toubab Krewe – Line Music

Yard Sale to Benefit BrookfieldEffingham-Wakefield Republicans

Collection Barn Center, Route 109A, Wolfeboro. 10am-2pm. For more info visit the Facebook page Huggins Hospital Street Fair. The Colonial Theatre, Bethlehem. 8pm. $15-$20. 869-5603

Collection Barn Center, Route 109A, Wolfeboro. 10am-2pm. For more info visit the Facebook page Huggins Hospital Street Fair.

Route 16, Wakefield between Crowell’s and Raise a Dock. 387-3325

Ragged Mountain Band Music Video Premiere

Danbury Community Center. schustmusic@gmail.com for more info.

Monte Carlo Night

Aboard the M/S Mount Washington at the Wolfeboro Town Docks. 6-10pm. Fundraiser to benefit the Wolfeboro Area Children’s Center tuition assistance program. Full night cruise (dinner cruise and casino gaming) $50 per person or gaming-only tickets are $20 per person. 569-1027

Frates Creative Arts Center Dance Recital -“Welcome to the Circus!”

Gilford High school Auditorium. 7pm. Tickets available at the door.

Fri. 25th – Sun. 27th “Agatha Christie Made Me Do It”

Bow Lake Grange , 569 Province Road, Strafford. Fri. and Sat. 8pm, Sun. 2pm. Police officer Hootspah, tired of being a cop, decides to write a murder mystery. In spite of his obvious ineptness, and his characters frequently getting out of hand, he puts together a play with laughs and suspense. 664-5557

8th Annual Branch River Paddle

Branch River Boat Launch, Milton. 10am2pm. 4.5 mile scenic paddle along the Branch and Salmon Falls Rivers. Boat transport and picnic lunch provided. $10 suggested donation. 978-7125

Ham & Bean Dinner

First Congregational Church, Highland Street, Meredith. 5:30-7pm. $9 per person. $4 children. 279-3232

Seedling Sale

Snow Dragon Mountain Farm, 18 New Road, Meredith. 9am-1pm. Local, organic heirloom vegetable and herb plants for your garden. 630-1548

Folk Fusion – Live Music

The Mill Fudge Factory, 2 Central Street, Bristol. 7:30pm. 744-0405

Plant, Bake & Yard Sale

Rossi’s Restaurant, Rt. 104, New Hampton. 9am-2pm.

Sanbornton Historical Society Plant Sale

520 Sanborn Road, Sanbornton. 2854526

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VINX comes to Traditional Arts Weekend at Canterbury Shaker Village Sunday, June 3rd, Berklee School of Music instructor VINX brings his special brand of rhythm and improvisation to Canterbury Shaker Village for a very special workshop and concert. “Discovering the Artist Within You” will connect workshop participants with their own creative spark as they explore song with VINX in an interactive format. This workshop is open to all levels and is a part of the Traditional Arts Weekend at the Village. The workshop runs from Noon to 2pm with the concert to follow at 3pm. Cost of attendance during this special weekend varies depending on workshops and events selected. Contact Lauren Henderson at the Village at (603) 785-9511 x 230 for more information or email her at lhenderson@shakers.org. More information about these events and the upcoming season of events and workshops at Canterbury Shaker Village can be found at the Village website, www.shakers.org or by calling (603) 783-9511 x230.

Memorial Weekend Craft Show Come and join the fun at the Memorial Weekend Craft Show on Saturday and Sunday, May 26-27 at the North Conway Community Center, 2628 White Mtn. Hwy, Rte. 16, North Conway, The Craft Show will go from 10am to 5pm each day. Fabulous arts, crafts, food, and music of Tim Janis. Always Free Admission and Free Parking. The photo features the beautiful pottery of Heather Rousseau who will be among the exhibitors. Other exhibits will include: metal art/sculpture, scenic photography, jewelry designs, glass art, corian recycled creations, fabric pocketbooks, beautiful quilts, Ben’s NH Maple Syrups, Yee Yee’s Gourmet foods, dried apple creations, American Girl, bat houses and more. Preview the fair online www.joycescraftshows.com or for info Call Joyce (603)5284014 Rain or Shine.

New Hampshire Boat Museum Opens Saturday, May 26th is Opening Day for the New Hampshire Boat Museum in Wolfeboro. Now in its 12th season the museum will be open from 10am-4pm. Antique and classic boats, sailboats, canoes, motors, and memorabilia commemorate NH’s boating history and heritage. Hands-on educational games for children. The vintage display hall is located 2 miles from downtown Wolfeboro on Route 28. Open daily through Columbus Day.

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International Classic Videogame Tournament Is Back For Its 14th Year WEIRS BEACH- Come experience the arcade tournament that sparked the revival of classic arcade game competitions! The annual International Classic Videogame Tournament at The American Classic Arcade Museum (ACAM) at Funspot is quickly approaching and 2012 marks the 14th year for this historic event. The tournament will take place from Thursday, May 31st through Sunday, June 3rd, 2012. Tournament hours are Thursday Noon-10pm, Friday and Saturday 10am-11pm and Sunday 10am-5pm. Admission is $60.00 and includes 250 game tokens. This year’s tournament is sponsored in part by Mix 94.1FM, The Planet 100.1, New Country 106.9 & Gamer Soda. The first 100 registrants will receive a commemorative T-shirt and goodie bag. In an effort to maintain a fair and balanced playing field, the annual International Classic Videogame Tournament never announces the competition games until the first day of the event. The 2010 tournament saw the introduction of real-time scoring to the event. David Hernly, owner of Aurcade approached ACAM staff with a plan to take the tournament scoring to a new level. Players signed off on their scores by touching the appropriate box on an Apple iPad and within seconds, their score was factored into the database and projected live on a 10’ wide display for everyone to see. This addition was an immense hit with the competitors and prompted a new record of 4,000+ scores to be logged during the 4-day event. In 2011, an interactive touch-screen was added to create an electronic Wall of Fame, a replacement for the long popular photo

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Business Is Risky To the Editor: JP Morgan earned a $5.4 billion profit in the first quarter of 2012. It is on course for making a multibillion profit in the second quarter of 2012 and a $20 plus billion profit for the year despite its recent $2 billion loss. Businesses take risks, and some risks do not work out. Businesses are at risk daily as they must win enough willing and able customers so companies can pay employees, taxes, fees, and other expenses. This JPMorgan loss has

again kicked off liberal demands for even more regulations on an already highly regulated industry. How are regulators supposed to prevent losses from business risks? Businesses like banks are in the business of risking money. To keep banks from taking risks, you must stop them from making loans. None of the current regulations and regulators, e.g., SEC, FED, FDIC, Sarbanes Oxley, DoddFrank, and many many others, didn’t stop this loss. They didn’t stop the MF Global loss. Bernie

Our Story The Weirs Times was first published in 1883 by Mathew H. Calvert. The newspaper, then named Calvert’s Weirs Times and Tourists’ Gazette, was published until Mr. Calvert’s death in 1902. One of the most remarkable features of the publication was a map of Lake Winnipesaukee which occupied the center spread of the paper. Readers will find the same map reprinted on the center pages of this, and every issue. The new Weirs Times was re-established in 1992 and strives to maintain the patriotic spirit of its predecessor as well as his devotion to the interests of Lake Winnipesaukee and vicinity.

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Madoff was registered with the SEC which didn’t stop that fraud. The FED had responsibility for the NY Banking system, but it didn’t warn of or prevent the housing credit crisis. It is silly to think that a few more regulators or regulations will prevent losses. The purpose of more banking regulations is to provide more high-paying, do nothing jobs and to provide political control over an essential industry allowing rewards for friends and punishments for political enemies. The JPMorgan loss has no similarity to the MF Global loss. The JP Morgan loss was in its own account, not a penny of client money was lost or at risk and JP Morgan has opened its books for investigation. The MF Global loss was reported to be $1.6 billion of misappropriated client money. Could the reason the slow investigation of the MF Global loss be because the head of MF Global was former Democrat Senator, Democrat Governor of New Jersey and multi-million dollar Obama fund-raiser John Corzine? Business is risky. No amount of regulation will prevent all business risks unless they end business. But, regulations add costs which make US businesses less competitive compared to foreign companies. Regulations give a false sense of security to investors who think regulators are eliminating risks. And, the more regulations and regulators the more politicians seem to think that the public has an obligation to protect investors from losses. What America needs is more competition, fewer regulations, more personal civil and criminal responsibility by executives for the success and losses of their businesses, and the end of all subsidies, loan

guarantees, and bailouts for private companies and industries. Don Ewing Meredith, NH

Supporting Romney To The Editor: In 2012 we have an important election and choice between more freedom/prosperity or a future ruled by unchecked government regulations and taxes. Unemployment has not changed significantly under President Obama because businesses are afraid of Obamacare and the overall regulatory environment where no one knows what the future taxes or government red tape may be. “Forward� is the slogan of President Obama but looking at all the relevant economic indicators it should probably be called “reverse�. Gas prices consistently hovering around four dollars (last time I filled up I paid $3.82) and the President stops the Keystone Pipeline with Canada which would bring in more oil from a friendly ally. The President blocks Boeing in South Carolina at the behest of the Unions even though this plant that Boeing already built would mean thousands of new good paying jobs in a bad economy. He passed Obamacare behind closed doors despite the fact a majority of people did not want it or even knew what was in the bill. Obama had his chance and now it is time to elect Mitt Romney and get America moving in the right direction again. It’s up to us New Hampshire in 2012; this is likely going to be a very close election! Peter McCarthy Somersworth NH.

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Meeting The Needs Now that Facebook has gone public and is worth m o r e m o n e y than the by Brendan Smith w o r l d , I Weirs Times Editor have been trying to think about what might be the next great social networking program. Of course, I don’t know much, well, anything, about how to create a program, but I do have one idea that would fit well here in New Hampshire and all I have to do is find someone to help me create it. I’m not sure if it will be worth sixty billion dollars, but at least it’s a start. There is always a controversy about town meetings here in New Hampshire. SB2 is always brought up. This is a bill that would make it possible for people who can’t make it to the town meeting because they have to do insignificant things, like work, actually be able to vote on things that affect them. A lot of people don’t like SB2 because it doesn’t give them the opportunity, for that one Saturday a year, to blah, blah, blah, and more blah, in front of their neighbors, just like they do the rest of the year, except this time people are forced to sit and listen. But now with computers and smart phones and all that, I think we could develop a program where you can attend the town meeting from wherever you are. So, if you can’t make it that Saturday because you have to do something selfish like, pay the mortgage, you will get a text message beep every time a vote comes up and then you can send in your vote

electronically. You’ll even be able, if you have the time, to watch a live video feed and, if you get tired of your blah, blah, blah neighbor, you can turn it off. Obviously, you’ll also be able to text in your own, blah, blah, blah and even give the speaker a thumbs up or down (could be a lawsuit with that feature). Better yet, if you have the capability, you can chime in on a Skype type video feed. Of course, the local fireman and police might insist that everyone who participates electronically will have to be available to be seen through a video feed. They like to take an honest, hard-stare count at who is voting for and against their budgets at town meetings so they can better know the people in their communities. With SB2, they feel they wouldn’t be able to have that closeness anymore. Beyond the practicality of what this new Town Meeting app would provide, it could also be the source of great amusement for the user. Being able to see the speakers at the meeting, you take real-time photos of some and then, from the comfort of your home or workplace, draw moustaches or devil’s horns on them if you choose. You could even communicate between other Town Meeting app users and instantly com-

ment on things that you could only do before long after the meeting was over. “What’s up with that dress she is wearing? Please!� “She could be his daughter for goodness sake.� I was also thinking about a great additional app to the program. Since Saturday is a big day for people to go to the dump and sort through and take other people’s junk home, I could help with the feeling of loss some people would have on town meeting day by coordinating a sort of swap meet right online during the meeting. While Mary Bigmouth is still talking well past her fifteen minutes of town meeting fame about something no one can even remember, you can take a look at your neighbor’s junk online and they at yours and, even though your vote on the town budget was defeated, you can still feel good about having scored a new, very used toaster. I think, that with tweaking and adding apps to the Town Meeting program that, over time, it will become very popular. In fact, it may be so much fun that the meeting hall itself may soon be close to extinction. Who needs SB2? Brendan Smith welcomes your comments at brendan@weirs.com.

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Obamacare’s PatientDumping, PrivacyMeddling Scheme The stench of Chicago cronyism over the White House just got fouler. Inhale this: A shadowy $10 billion Obamacare by Michelle Malkin agency with Syndicated Columnist zero oversight just awarded first lady Michelle Obama’s pet patient-dumping scheme at the University of Chicago Medical Center a $5.9 million taxpayerfunded grant. It will enable Mrs. Obama’s cronies to build a govcommitment were the North Viet- ernment-sponsored electronic medical record-sharing system. namese. The Chicago program, known The Americans who walked off that bloody mountain — and as the Urban Health Initiative, is every other soldier, sailor, air- run by one of President Obama’s man, guardsman and Marine who closest golfing buddies, scanserved in Vietnam — returned dal magnet Eric Whitaker, who home to a bitterly divided country. has been entangled with IlliThe so-called mainstream media, nois corruption celebrities Rod Hollywood and academe depicted Blagojevich and Tony Rezko over those who served in Vietnam as the past decade. Fun fact: Whitaker recently was pothead marauders, deranged killers and the “victims” of “Johnson’s named by author Edward Klein as the man who purportedly offered war” or “Nixon’s war.” There were no parades celebrat- hate-mongering Rev. Jeremiah ing the bravery and perseverance Wright $150,000 in hush money of the 2.7 million young men and during the 2008 campaign. The nearly $6 million grant women who donned a uniform and served in some of the most was announced last week by difficult and dangerous conditions the “Center for Medicare and on earth. Until the Vietnam Vet- Medicaid Innovation” at the Deerans Memorial — known as the partment of Health and Human “Vietnam Wall” — was dedicated Services. White House watchdog in 1982, public accolades were journalist Keith Koffler notes that sparse, and ceremonies outside “some 3,000 applications were the confines of a military base, an received for a share on the $1 American Legion hall or a Veterans billion in 3-year grants available. of Foreign Wars post were practi- Only 26 programs were included in the first batch of awards doled cally nonexistent. Now, five decades after their war out.” The administration grants See north on 26 circumvent any and all congres-

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— Forty-three years ago this week, the fabled 101st Airborne Division launched Operation Apache Snow — a major ground ofby Oliver North fensive against Syndicated Columnist North Vietnamese army invaders in the treacherous A Shau Valley. Though fighting raged over hundreds of square miles of triple-canopied jungle, the focus soon became a single terrain feature, a mountain, with peaks as high as 3,000 feet, the Vietnamese named Dong Ap Bia, or “Mountain of the Crouching Beast.” The Americans who fought there called it Hamburger Hill. By the time the 11-day battle ended, 70 American soldiers were dead, and nearly 400 had been wounded. More than 600 North Vietnamese soldiers perished. The only survivors of this epic battle to receive the thanks of their countrymen for their courage and

sional deliberation as part of Team Obama’s election-year “We Can’t Wait” initiatives. The grant recipients will help fulfill the mandated Obamacare vision of a centralized patientrecord database with unprecedented federal oversight. The provision is being challenged in court by the Goldwater Institute for forcing Americans to share “with millions of strangers who are not physicians confidential private and personal medical history information they do not wish to share.” HHS denies any favoritism, citing a “competitive, objective” process. But as I first reported in March, a Congressional Research Service analysis concluded that Obamacare’s Innovation Center is subject to no administrative or judicial review. The Innovation Center director is, in effect, a super-czar without any checks or balances on his grant-making decisions, methods or results. I warned two months ago that the Obamacare Innovation Center and its multibillion-dollar slush fund smacked of “another pipeline for political payoffs and Chicago-style boodle that will result in less patient autonomy, fewer health-care choices, more government intrusion and lowerquality care.” The University of Chicago Medical Center grant walks and talks like just such a political payoff. I have reported extensively on how Mrs. Obama helped engineer the Urban Health Initiative’s plan to offload low-income patients with non-urgent health needs. With consulting help from Obama senior adviser David Axelrod’s Chicago-based PR firm and the

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Asia/Pacific Growth Spurs Global Economic Engine UNITED NATIONS—Despite

the persistent economic headwinds which are expected to slow economic expansion this by John J. Metzler year, “growth Syndicated Columnist in the Asia and the Pacific area remains better than in any other region; continuing as an anchor of stability and a new growth pole for the world economy.” That’s the guardedly optimistic prognosis from the 2012 Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific survey. Produced by the UN’s Bangkokbased Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the annual survey concedes that the region continues to face a challenging external environment which will slow regional growth this year to 6.5% from last year’s average of 7 %. The figure is still pretty impressive given global doldrums with the United States facing anemic economic growth, and Western Europe and Japan making lukewarm GDP gains. And it’s this global environment which has put the brakes on Asia’s growth. With reduced demand in the regional traditional export markets “resulting from the Eurozone debt crisis and continued economic uncertainly in the United States of America, together with higher capital costs,” there’s an expected slowdown. Dr. Noeleen Heyzer, ESCAP’s Executive Secretary states; “the recovery from the depths of the 2008 global financial crisis proved to be short-lived. The world economy enters the second stage of the crisis in 2011, due to the Eurozone debt crisis and continued uncertain economic outlook of the U.S. economy.” Yet, the ESCAP report states, “The foremost risk is a scenario in which a disorderly sovereign debt default in Europe, or the breakup of the Euro common currency area results in a renewed global financial crisis.” Another threat remains the “sharp and sustained surge in the price of oil” due to non-economic factors such as political instability in major petroleum producing countries.

Importantly the Economic and Social Survey stresses that dealing with disaster from the February 2011 earthquake in Christchurch New Zealand, followed by the devastating March earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and the severe flooding in Thailand were unexpected economic jolts. For example, the impact of the floods saw Thailand’s growth contract 9 percent in the last quarter, but GDP is expected to bounce back this year to a healthy 6 percent gain. Japan is expected to only reach a tepid 1.6 percent growth rate in 2012. More than any one event, the devastating tsunami and aftermath created severe shocks to the already ailing Japanese economy through a dislocation of industrial production, the supply chain, and the enduring psychological trauma following the disaster. Equally but largely overlooked has been the serious floods in Thailand which have created havoc in large urban areas such as Bangkok the capital in both manufacturing as well as tourism sectors. Yet the Survey states that despite the slowdown “the region will remain the world’s fastest growing with China forecast to grow at a robust 8.6 percent, decelerating from the 9.2 percent rate of 2011.” It adds, Growth in India is projected at 7.5 percent in 2012, up from 6.9 percent in the past year. Naturally it’s not all roses. The report cites “serious and growing inequalities between and within countries of the region, both in terms of income and social progress.” Indeed “income inequality in developing Asia-Pacific economies has been “rising at a worrying pace,” especially in places such as China, India and Indonesia. As the report also warns, “commodity price volatility” poses an enduring risk, but is “likely to become the ‘new normal’ of the global economy.” Indeed the spike in commodity prices such as petroleum poses a major drag to economic recovery here in the USA as well as overseas. If indeed uncertainty becomes the “new normal,” it’s increasing incumbent on governments, businessmen, and policymakers to show a renewed flexibility in dealing with the conditions at hand. Insecurity and risk are really nothing new in global mar-

kets. What remains an uphill challenge at least in the West, is that over-regulated, nanny-state governments are reducing the very entrepreneurial space and spirit and policy flexibility needed

to tackle the economic challenges ahead. John J. Metzler is a United Nations correspondent covering diplomatic and defense issues.

A Censored Race War? When two white newspaper reporters for the Virginian-Pilot were driving through Norfolk, and were set upon and beaten by a mob of by Thomas Sowell young blacks Syndicated Columnist -- beaten so badly that they had to take a week off from work -- that might seem to have been news that should have been reported, at least by their own newspaper. But it wasn’t. “The O’Reilly Factor” on Fox News Channel was the first major television program to report this incident. Yet this story is not just a Norfolk story, either in what happened or in how the media and the authorities have tried to sweep it under the rug. Similar episodes of unprovoked violence by young black gangs against white people chosen at random on beaches, in shopping malls or in other public places have occurred in Philadelphia, New York, Denver, Chicago,

Cleveland, Washington, Los Angeles and other places across the country. Both the authorities and the media tend to try to sweep these episodes under the rug as well. In Milwaukee, for example, an attack on whites at a public park a few years ago left many of the victims battered to the ground and bloody. But, when the police arrived on the scene, it became clear that the authorities wanted to keep this quiet. One 22-year-old woman, who had been robbed of her cell phone and debit card, and had blood streaming down her face said: “About 20 of us stayed to give statements and make sure everyone was accounted for. The police wouldn’t listen to us, they wouldn’t take our names or statements. They told us to leave. It was completely infuriating.” The police chief seemed determined to head off any suggestion that this was a racially motivated attack by saying that crime is colorblind. Other officials elsewhere have said similar See Sowell on 24

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Overhead view of some of the 104 acres of the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen. A compilation of our Armed Forces through the ages marks this section the Memorial Walkway at the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery. veterans from 1

of the New Hampshire Air National Guard.” “We are also expecting Governor Lynch, Senators Ayotte and Shaheen some state legislators and members of The Executive Council,” said Horne. Though the Memorial Day Service is open to all and is one of the wellattended events at the cemetery, Director Horne

likes to point out that it is open during daylight hours, seven days a week and is truly something to be seen. “I invite residents of New Hampshire and visitors to plan a trip to the New Hampshire Veterans Cemetery,” said Horne. “I know that even if people just come by for a few minutes they will inspired to stay much longer or, at least, plan a trip back to

do so.” They also hold “100 Nights Of Remembrance” where from Memorial Day until September 11th, Taps are played each evening at 7pm. There is a wide group of volunteers who take turns playing during the course of the 100 days. The cemetery opened in 1997 and there currently are 5,600 veterans and eligible dependents

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interred there. There are about 15,000 who are qualified and are registered for internment. Those interred are not only from New Hampshire, but from around the country. “We have enough space here until the end of the century to take care of all who would like to be interred here,” said Horne. The New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery was established legislatively in July 1997.

It was a result of over ten years of planning by many dedicated veterans and veteran organizations. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, through its State Cemetery Grants Program, provided $1,713,918 for much of the construction of the facility. The VA also provided $2.6 million for an improvements program which saw an administration building constructed See veterans on 9

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and improvements made to cemetery’s road, irrigation and drainage systems. That project was completed in 2003.Other improvements included chapel modifications, a bridge over a timber road to link two sections of the cemetery as well as additional space for cremated remains. “We are currently looking to increase our columbarium space,” said Horne. Columbariums are above ground vaults where urns of ashes are stored. The cemetery encompasses 104 acres in Boscawen. The first interment took place on November 18, 1997, CWO2 Ernest Holm, WWI and WWII, US Navy veteran. On the same day, his spouse Hilda was also interred. Two major attractions for visitors, besides visiting graves and paying honor to those interred, are 20 Points of NH Military History which begins in 1680 with the beginning of the New Hampshire militia and covers through the French and Indian War, the Revolutionary War and General John Stark, Franklin Pierce and The War with Mexico, World War II and Rene Gagnon of Manchester who helped raise the flag on Iwo Jima, the Vietnam War where New Hampshire’s 197th Field Artillery was the largest National Guard unit from the Northeast to serve. Many more important New Hampshire military events are noted as well. In his duties as Director, Michael Horne is responsible for the overall operations and supervision of the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery. Mike works for the Deputy Ad-

Granite Entrance Marker to the New Hampshire State courtesy Photos Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen. “100 Nights of Remembrance” Every night from Memorial Day to September 11th, Taps is played at 7pm.

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Hannaford Helps Schools Hannaford Supermarkets today announced that the 12th annual Hannaford Helps Schools program raised more than $750,000 to benefit students in five states, including more than $153,000 in New Hampshire. In New Hampshire, 507 schools received a total of $153,407 toward the purchase of needed items such as computers, sporting equipment and playground gear. Overall, the program raised $778,876 and contributed to more than 2,600 schools in New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine and New York

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group greatly altered and expanded the facility. An impressive hotel extension was added toward the Lake and Wolfe’s Tavern was set up in the front. The Mug club was born and today has more than 2,200 members many of which hang their wellearned steins from the rafters. During the 1990s, the Wolfeboro Inn owned and operated the lake touring boat and introduced its modern replacement, the “Winnipesaukee Belle” in 1998. Having fallen on hard times the Inn, Tavern and Winnipesaukee Belle were purchased in 2007 by Hay Creek Hotels, a native New England company which facilitated a multimillion dollar restoration and renovation blending its historic surroundings with contemporary amenities and of course all the modern conveniences you would come to expect. “We plan to celebrate our rich history from May to October. Each month we will focus on one generation throughout our history with entertainment, drink and menu specials unique to that period: 1860,1920,1950,1980 and 2012. Entrée specials will be priced $18 for adults $12 for children. Enter our monthly trivia contest to win prizes! Join our kickoff celebration May 26 from 4-6 PM that includes free admission, music, complimentary hors d’oeuvres and period dress through the generations by our

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1940s home life and a vast Our recently restored M4 Sherman Tank has taken a direct hit collection of fully operational and needs tobringhave its engine completely replaced! military vehicles to life the American World War II experience.

The Wright Museum has just completed the restoration and refurbishment of an M4 Sherman tank – the backbone of the American armored effort in World War II. But during a recent test run, time and metal fatigue took a DIRECT HIT on our tank’s engine.

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“Bi-Partisan�, Recruiting “Centrists� “Party� “RINOs� “Compromise�? How about “Principles�? Last Friday Rep. L a u r i e Sanborn spoke to my listeners about The NH House Business Coalition, by Niel Young Advocates Columnist a group of like-minded, current New Hampshire House members, focused on evaluating and supporting legislation that promotes job creation and expansion of the economic base through strong, responsible business growth and success. Please visit ProBusinessNH.com, a bi-partisan gathering numbering 109 members. Last week Sen. Jackie Cilley addressed the group. Other gubernatorial candidates will soon follow: Sen. Maggie Hassan, Ovide Lamontagne, and Kevin Smith. ******** I had no idea that the theme this week might be “bi-partisanship�, and where it can work, that is good. However, when it comes to “compromise� – Liberals and RINOs believe that to compromise is to give in and they win!Some State Representatives who have goals such as placing the focus on what government can do to smooth the process for the folks who actually do create jobs; business owners and investors. Columnist/TV commentator George Will: “Bipartisanship, the supposed scarcity of which so distresses the high-minded, actually is disastrously prevalent. Since 2001, it has produced No Child Left Behind, a counterproductive federal intrusion in primary and secondary education; the McCain-Feingold speech rationing law (the Bipartisan Campaign

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vorite charity “The Smile Train” – volunteer doctors fixing the smiles of third world children.) The last time we had contact with the Poiriers was at Vero Beach Florida a few years ago when we worked on a Habitat for Humanity project where Bill Poirier was a local volunteer. Annette told me that the storyline to “Finding Charlie” came to her in a sequence of dreams. Dreams? (My dreams are like Disney’s Fantasia meets Tim Burton on a very bad day.) Annette dreamed up a touching, poignant story of Mary Rose, a strong protagonist who, Annette said, literally took over the book and wrote her through to the end. I was doubly glad Annette told me about her book because another friend of mine (who is over age 60) wrote a book that is also available on Amazon.com and by ordering Annette’s book along with Jacque’s book I was able to get free shipping. Two books with one mouse click. Life is good. First, I read Jacque Coffee’s book “Your Gung-Ho! Life…The ABC’s of Proactive Living,” and that book literally super-charged my life. Then I read “Finding Charlie” and Annette’s book made me cry…but in a good way. I have long known Annette as a proactive lady who got things done in our community. Weirs Beach is still benefitting from her objectives as head of the Weirs Action Committee’s “Pretty Committee” where local businesses donated planters and flowers to decorate the boardwalk and peripheral areas of the beach. And now, all these years later, Annette has produced a book after taking a writing See baird on 30

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Bouncing Baby Birds

by Steve White Contributing Writer

Woodpeckers and mourning doves, Oh My! It’s that time of year when baby birds seem to hatch overnight. With them come the daily calls to our store asking for assistance with “orphans.” Specifically customers are concerned about three things: abandoned, fallen or hungry baby birds. Our kind hearts can have devastating results in regards to baby birds. We want to hold, cuddle and protect them like a child. However, has any human child ever walked on the very first attempt? Learning to crawl is part of the education process that our sons and daughters practice before they can walk or

run on their own. For birds, the flying process is also a step-by-step procedure. A baby bird’s first venture out of the nest is always a short flight. The ground will be the eventual destination and this is where many people find these baby “orphans”, right at this point of the learning process. If the baby bird on the ground has feathers, it

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What the authorities and the media seem determined to suppress is that the hoodlum elements in many ghettoes launch coordinated attacks on whites in public places. If there is anything worse than a one-sided race war, it is a two-sided race war, especially when one of the races outnumbers the other several times over. It may be understandable that some people want to head off such a catastrophe, either by not reporting the attacks in this race war, or not identifying the race of those attacking, or by insisting that the attacks were not racially motivated -- even when the attackers themselves voice anti-white invective as they laugh at their bleeding victims. Trying to keep the lid on is understandable. But a lot of pressure can build up under that lid. If and when that pressure leads to an explosion of white backlash, things could be a lot worse than if the truth had come out earlier, and steps taken by both black and white leaders to deal with the hoodlums and with those who inflame the hoodlums. These latter would include not only race hustlers like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson but also lesser known people in the media, in educational institutions and elsewhere who hype grievances and

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Salome’s Stars Horoscope ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You might have to turn your Arian charm up a few degrees if you hope to persuade that persistent pessimist to see the possibilities in your project. Whatever you do, don’t give up. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) A “tip” about a co-worker’s “betrayal” might well raise the Bovine’s rage levels. But before charging into a confrontation, let an unbiased colleague do some fact checking. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Although a relationship still seems to be moving too slowly to suit your expectations, it’s best not to push it. Let it develop at its own pace. You’ll soon get news about a workplace change. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) A continually changing personal situation makes you feel as if you’re riding an emotional roller coaster. But hold on tight; stability starts to set in early next week. LEO (July 23 to August 22) Believe it or not, someone might dare to say “No!” to

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the Regal One’s suggestion. But instead of being miffed, use this rebuff to recheck the proposition and, perhaps, make some changes. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) You might find it difficult to make a decision about a family matter. But delay can only lead to more problems. Seek out trusted counsel and then make that important decision. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Concentrate your focus on what needs to be done, and avoid frittering away your energies on less-important pursuits. There’ll be time later for fun and games. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Although the conflicts seem to be letting up, you still need to be wary of being drawn into workplace intrigues. Plan a special weekend event for family and/or friends. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Your quick wit helps you work through an already difficult situation without creating more problems. Creative aspects

series? 81 Flat hat 82 Broccoli 84 Nutritional abbr. 85 Tabriz currency 86 Sordid 88 South American capital 90 Subway feature 92 22 Across’ home 95 Proclamations 96 “Platoon” setting 98 - -garde 101 Stromboli spew 102 Gown part 104 Temporary calm 107 Girl George? 109 Tuck’s mate 110 Dovecote sound 111 “- Rita” (‘42 film) 112 Contend 114 Eddie Cantor song? 120 Pay to play 121 TV’s “People Funny” 122 Pair 123 Harden 125 Brando’s birthplace 129 “Gladiator” extra 132 Southern st. 134 NY correctional facility? 137 “The Jungle Book” character 138 Martin Balsam film? 139 Passover meal 140 Pkg. abbr. 141 Stephen Vincent 142 Cruise 143 Major- 144 Kansas city DOWN 1 Jessica of “Dark

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CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Be patient. You’ll soon receive news about a project that means so much to you. Meanwhile, you might want to reconsider a suggestion you previously turned down.

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AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) There are still some aspects about that new job offer you need to resolve. In the meantime, another possibility seems promising. Be sure to check that out as well. PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Opening up your emotional floodgates could leave you vulnerable to being hurt later on. Watch what you say, in order to avoid having your words come back to haunt you. BORN THIS WEEK: You’re usually the life of the party, which gets you on everyone’s invitation list. You also have a flair for politics.

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63 Apprehend 65 Implied 66 Turkish city 68 Duel tool 70 Darjeeling dress 71 Wore 75 Pitt of “The Mexican” 76 Desert refuge 78 Trite 79 “Gladiator” extra 80 Boone or Benatar 83 Lure 87 Part of MP 89 Chocolate substitute 91 Damon and Pythias 93 Wicked 94 Use the VCR 97 Darkness 99 Talbot or Naldi 100 Ripped 103 Spilled the beans 105 Progressive 106 Meat cut 108 Teach on the side 113 Sign of spring 114 Shattered 115 Neighbor of Oman 116 Bee and Em 117 Apres-ski quaff 118 Entertainer Tamblyn 119 Like a raisin 121 Spirited steed 124 Word form for “within” 126 About 127 Salute the moon? 128 Cultural grp. 130 Pub order 131 Basketball’s Holman 133 “Exodus” protagonist 135 Tiffany treasure 136 Paid player

The school disciplinarian made sure each student “measured up.”

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“I thought we asked him to measure our shoe size?” -Tom Hopwood, Meredith, NH.

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Talking Heads Tribute Band, Stop Making Sense, will appear at The Inn on Main in Wolfeboro on Friday, June 1st. of the band. They continuously packs the venues they play. Playing classics such as “Burning Down the House,” “Who Is It?” “Once In a Lifetime” and “Take Me To The River,” but also mixing

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